Effective April 2016, Unfunded International Providers (UIPs) in New Zealand must report data to the Ministry of Education (MoE).

The MoE UIP data collection system is an improved means of collecting education data that reduces providers’ compliance costs by replacing manual collections.

This mandatory electronic data collection provides the MoE with data on international students participating in education in New Zealand at Unfunded Private Training Establishments (PTEs). These data sets include:

official name, date of birth, residency;

provider and component enrolment;

component and qualification completion.

Through the system, the Ministry performs ongoing checks to ensure the integrity of the data stored in the system.

No more exports. No more manual submissions. No more fuss.

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